THE ART OF SELF JOURNAL

We can remove all sorts from our life if we want to, For some time now I've been removing many things from my life, things that don't serve me, Something I'm all for still, But what happens when things enter back in for a moment...like all the yummy treats, especially at this time of year. This is when we're tested. This is when many of us can fall down. We think, sure it's ok for a day or two, a week or two...for a moment, yet then we're back at square one again, sometimes.

I'M ONLY HUMAN... There's this misconception that those who write or speak about personal development, personal growth that they (we) have our shit together, or like for others to believe that we do. Guess what...we don't...and probably never will - we are human after all. It's just not the case for many and especially myself. I understand it's hard to truly know, as there's a lot out there who paint a pretty good picture of a perfect, easy life, where in actual fact they p

So Saturday night saw me kid free...a last minute night planned with their Dad to hang with friends. So I took that opportunity to get through some more work to lighten the load, being end of year and all. Once I ticked off what I really wanted to, I checked in on Facebook to see a dance night was on... I sat there for sometime, going back and forth wondering if I should go or not. I'm new to it all, I hardly know anyone, however I'm starting to, But still, showing up to pla

WHAT IF NOTHING WAS WRONG IN LIFE? What if how you felt, the actions you took - none of it was wrong. If you could just let yourself, allow it all to be what it is. And nothing more. To think your actions were wrong, Makes your internal self hate on you. To think that your feelings that don't feel good were wrong, Makes your internal self hate on you. Always trying to do it right, think right, be it right, Puts so much pressure on yourself in trying to be right all the time

Last week a guy friend of mine said he had read one of my posts and with humour said something along the lines of 'What's with all the female empowerment'...we all just laughed....yes I'm all about women's empowerment and well I can only speak from my perspective - as a woman, however sometimes I think, I think more like a man at times haha... I really appreciate conversations with men and how they look at things in life. Anyway... I know there are men on here following my p

There was a good chunk of my life where I allowed all those who stood around me to effect me and my emotions. I let their emotions become my own, when really they weren't mine - AT ALL. I was just taking it all on as my own. Wanting, wishing for them to not feel the way they did. Conflict was a big one for me, seeing others - especially those close to me, be in conflict. I just wanted it to stop. All I wanted was for everyone to be happy, all the time...because I wanted to b

YOU GET TO BE HER! The her in which lights you up. The her in which leads herself into a space that fills herself up. The her in which can forgive herself for her choices, The her in which can relax into her whole being and be happy there, The her in which wakes up in the morning and knows who she is and what she's all about. You get to be her. You get to be her. The her who walks, skips, runs through her life laughing at the craziness that life is and can be, The her who e

You're the only one putting limits on yourself. You're the only one who won't allow yourself to push past the challenges. You get to a certain point, and you turn back around. You turn away from what's on the other side of that wall, that challenge. You don't allow yourself to push through, to push through the barriers, to break it all down. But imagine, if you did. Imagine if you just kept showing up. What would happen do you think... If you kept showing up to the challenge

A dried up, wrinkled prune...vs...A sun kissed juicy orange. There are so many things we all want for ourselves in life. We want to be the good one. The one who has a handle on all areas of our lives... We wish to eat healthy all the time, yet we drop the ball. We wish to be the driven one, feeling successful all the time, yet we have days we wonder 'wtf am I doing' We wish to be the one who has a handle on our exercise routine, yet we also drop the ball. We wish to be the